Faroese máttur

← Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *maganą (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *-þiz (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (mention)

← Old Norse máttr (inherited)

→ Faroese máttloysi (compound)